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The Masters got underway at Augusta National Golf Club with Brooks Koepka picking up right where he left off by continuing his dominance in major championships. Koepka shot hassle-free 66 putting him into a tie for the lead with Bryson DeChambeau who went wild on the back nine with 7 birdies in a round he called “magical.” Koepka and DeChambeau stood atop a star-studded leaderboard with Phil Mickelson sitting one back and Dustin Johnson and Ian Poulter both trailing by two. Further down the leaderboard sat Tiger Woods at 2 under had to grind all day but ultimately felt good about where he stood. “I felt I played well and did all the things I needed to do to post a good number,” Tiger said after a round that left him in a tie for 11th but well within striking range.Betting favorite Rory McIlroy limped home with a 73 posting bogeys on the final two holes. While he didn’t shoot himself out of the tournament, a strong round is necessary tomorrow or he will be … [Read more...] about Breitbart Sports: A Postcard from Augusta

French sporting goods retailer Decathlon has confirmed they will not be stocking a sports hijab after public backlash and threats of a mass boycott. The sports hijab was scheduled to appear on store shelves in the coming weeks with Decathlon director Xavier Rivoire explaining that the item would “make sport accessible to all women in the world,” Il Giornale reports.The announcement of the sports hijab [pictured, above, worn by an Egyptian sportswoman at the Rio Olympics] provoked a torrent of criticism from various political figures including populist National Rally leader Marine Le Pen who wrote on Twitter, “Money does not allow all submissions and all provocations. Let us remain vigilant: we must not give up any more to these Islamist pressures that are contrary to our civilisation!” Even a member of French President Emmanuel Macron’s La République en Marche! (LREM/Republic on the Move) slammed the garment. Minister of Health, Agnes Buzyn … [Read more...] about French Shop Withdraws ‘Sports Hijab’ over Boycott

A-list Hollywood actor Don Cheadle appeared on NBC’s Saturday Night Live sporting a black t-shirt with white letters that read, “Protect Trans Kids” and donning a hat with a logo for Sleeping Giants — the far-left political activist organization that has launched harassment, blacklist, and boycott campaigns against Breitbart News and the Fox News Channel. It’s no secret that Don Cheadle has long-been one of Breitbart News’ favorite characters to cover. Before he was advocating for the protection of “Trans Kids” on prime-time TV, Cheadle was wishing for Donald Trump to “die in a grease fire.”He later deleted that tweet.Avengers co-stars Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson for a celebrity-studded PSA directed by Joss Whedon meant to encourage voters not to support Trump. In the video, Cheadle called the future president a “racist, abusive coward who could permanently damage the fabric of our society.”That … [Read more...] about Watch: Don Cheadle Promotes Breitbart Boycotters Sleeping Giants on ‘Saturday Night Live’

The Nation‘s Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies, history, and politics at New York University and Princeton University, told Breitbart News that the “Russiagate fiction” may prevent President Donald Trump from negotiating peaceful resolutions to political conflicts with Russia. He offered his analysis in a Thursday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak. Cohen said, “I find things to praise in Trump, and in particular, his — as he put it — wish to cooperate with Russia. That story you just reported from BuzzFeed, let me tell you how you can contextualize it. I spend quite a bit of time in Moscow. If the three of us were to go to Moscow and you asked me where we should stay, I could offer you most any international hotel you wanted; Marriott, Sheraton, Ritz-Carlton. The only person who tried to build a major hotel in Moscow and was unable to do so was Donald Trump. So much … [Read more...] about Left-Wing Nation Author Talks to Breitbart: Russia Hysteria Could Lead to War

Dick’s Sporting Goods saw sales slip during the past three months as a result of the corporate gun control the company adopted in February. On February 28, 2018, Breitbart News reported that Dick’s was ending sales of commonly owned semiautomatic rifles and “high capacity” magazines. They also raised the purchase age for long guns to 21 years.On April 17, 2018, Breitbart News reported that Dick’s was destroying unsold commonly owned semiautomatic rifles rather than sending them back to their respective manufacturers. Dick’s also made clear it would destroy its unsold “high capacity” magazines. On May 2, 2018, the Federalist reported that Dick’s was paying lobbyists to pressure Congress to support more gun control. On August 29, 2018, Breitbart News highlighted that Dick’s quarterly sales dropped, and the chain admitted that its corporate gun control contributed to the slump. Two days later, … [Read more...] about Corporate Gun Control Fail: Dick’s Sporting Goods Sales Slip Again